Medical Secretary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Medical Secretary to join our Gastroenterology team.

The post holder will be able to provide a comprehensive, confidential, secretarial and administrative support service for our Consultants, Nurses and wider clinical team.

Provide an efficient and comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultants, medical staff, clinical teams and department. Duties will include typing of correspondence and documents, dealing with different enquiries, dealing with patients’ records and results.

Supervise and oversee the workload allocation of the administration team when required. Undertake effective administrative and secretarial duties as part of the admin team required by department.

The post holder will be required to work as part of the administration team and provide cross cover during periods of staff absence within their existing team and other teams within the Directorate as and when required. This support should be provided during the core hours of 8am and 5pm.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Smith Job title: Administration Manager Email address: ***email_hidden***